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No Mappin lancet edge? :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno
Bear in mind some of these guys were buying razors when they were much cheaper. But collecting anything involves cost.Quote:
Originally Posted by ericr999
To shave with a straight you don't NEED more than 2.
I own exactly one razor which cost me more than €100. I got my #14 blades for an average of $50. It's a matter of patience (vs greed), research (vs buying hyped brands), and knowledge of local sources (vs buying Solingen razors on eBay via Japan) .
That, and a lot of trading instead of buying.
If you enjoy collecting, restoring or just plain using the number of razors you have does not matter a bit. Just don't go into debt over it or expect them to pay for your kids university or your retirement, chances are pretty good they won't. My idea is to enjoy a hobby not analyze it to death.
Bob
And some people have a swimming pool, others a spare car or a motorcycle and some men collect shoes. Go figure. At least razors don't take up lot of garage- or yard space. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ericr999
13 straights
2 safety razors
1 old Braun electric
1 Schick Hydro
3 serviceable Rolls Razors
The safety razors I am keeping for my boys but still use them now and then (one new, one vintage)
The Rolls I love and use from time to time, a gift from my dad 30 years ago - bought a couple more beaters for spare parts.
The Braun and the Schick? I keep them around in case I ever get serious hand tremors. :)
The straights? I use six of them, the rest were for figuring out what I liked/hated. The spares are for the boys if they want them and handouts for the right guys with interest and motivation.
I started out to save money, then RAD kicked in.
Set the limit to 50 shave ready in rotation.
I never rotate. Use probably 7 on a regular basis.
Going to sell some, and like the others said, When the right person comes along, We PM them and send them one of ours.
I do this as a functioning hobby. Sometimes I dont restore for months at a time. Others I find the correct hones to bring out the best in that steel.
I am still sorting it out. German Full Hollows in 6/8ths are what I enjoy best today. The more I use them the more acclimated I become and the shave gets better. Go figure
A good time for a yearly count; right now I am at 51 razors that are or could be nice, functional razors. I have a good 10 junkers that either came in lots or were dud purchases. So way too many.
Of those 51, 16 are ready for use. Note that I actively use about 5 of those 16. The other 35 are in various states of refurbishment and most of those I will likely not keep - had most of them for a good year or two. I have 20 or so that I would like to keep. I'm working on a collection of Swedish razors myself and aim at having razors by as many different manufacturers; one of each. But this might be subject to change, as there are (were) a lot of manufacturers in Sweden.
The most I ever paid for any one razor was €70. Which was arguably too much for what it was (a common Japanese brand). I have also paid too much for a celluloid rot tainted 9/16 Daniel Peres without scales based on bad pictures. Still, a nice razor with a lot of character (it really does not look as bad as you would think) but I still paid at least four times (but really closer to eight times) as much as I should have - in relative perspective an insanely bad buy. I still "only" paid €40 for it, but it is a prime example why I will not spend more than €100 on any one vintage razor (prices are very personal illustrations to my point rather than valuations).
For me, collecting razors is a welcome hobby, something that I genuinely love and love doing. I have invested time, effort and patience in my collection, so I am attached to it and I love everything about a beautiful, well made, functional razor. But this attachment is more to the thing in abstraction ("collection of cut-throat razors") than to specific razors (although I have ones that I will positively never get rid of, but they are few - maybe 5). I feel my investments have paid themselves off in satisfaction with what I have; I really appreciate my collection and do not feel any need to accumulate just for the sense of accumulation.
A wise man once said (well, I am paraphrasing):
'It is easy throwing money around and buying whatever you want. It is much more difficult and satisfying to keep sane and enjoy in moderation, especially when you can afford not to - gluttony is a mortal sin.'
Live and let live, different strokes, birds of a different feather and you should not be judgmental. But I am, ever so slightly. Call it a character flaw if you like. I acknowledge we are all adults; we can do whatever we want (within reason).
But. I find amassing whatever you want, on whims, without as much as considering the possibility not to just plain silly. Even when concerning something as small and inconsequential as collecting tools, such as razors. I am funny like that.
As for the question 'why do we buy so many razors?', I think very often it is just a simple case of overshot enthusiasm, fuelled by all the beautiful collections on display on sites such as SRP and purchasing euphoria. For a while it was for me, even if I never made any real high-dollar purchases. I did not hurt anyone, it did not hurt my finances, but it felt empty. My purchases mostly just ended up in drawers and I went on looking for another nice Heljestrand.
This pops up every so often.
Here are a few of mine.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/attach...ion-razors.jpg
Lost count along the way?
V/R
Tim
14 by design. It started with one, then three. So I had a cabinet built to store my shaving stuff. Then I modified it with rare earth magnets so theyd hang freely.
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/...pspf5bm0ow.jpg
Although, I did just purchased a 16 loop knife portfolio. So maybe 30?:hmmm:
Well I have 3 straights and it looks like I'm just starting thanks to everyone pressuring me to keep up with 50. Just kidding . And now I'm getting into honing and restoration It is a slippery slope. But if anyone has something they don't want to go to waste. Toss it my way. I'll make sure it has a good hone....I mean Home.
I like to collect. So right now I have too many (30+). I would say that 10 of the razors I try to put in my shave rotation. Which for me averages 3 shaves per week.The others are on display for me to enjoy and for my wife to make fun of. Also, I have shaved at least 2 times with all of them. I have pretty much slowed down considerably on accquring new razors.
I have been doing this for over 2 years now and I,m up to 11 razors, I shave every day so in the beginning I really went crazy( for me ) I was up to 15 , now since bought more than that , but most of the ones have been given away as starters or give aways on the forum, I see a razor that will make it for a new guy I get it and have it cleaned up, and honed. But for myself I have a couple that shave better than anything else and I have a 7 day set I'm working on just for my ego( but they shave so well they get used) but I really use those 2 razors 80% of the time, so really I just add another custom every now and then at my rate I'll have 50 by the time I,m 100. Tc
Its been a while since I posted here, but I thought an update was in order. At this time I have enough razors that if I had the time to hone them all out, I could use a different blade each and every day of the year, plus spares for anybody else that wanted to come by for a shave.
But to be fair, I usually end up buying razors in lots of 6-15, because there is one razor in the pile that I really want, and the rest are just collateral damage for my wallet!
Right now I have a Griffin straight blade, Shavette, '58 Gillette Executive D-3, and that cheap safety razor that Rick from pawn stars is advertising on tv for (that one actually got me into shaving), and soon either a Merkur slant or futur
Maybe 35-40.... I haven't honed a razor in a long time...
3 soon to be 4 but also looking to get rid of 2 so probably 2 soon. Idk. Soon after all this as much as my paycheck will allow.
The Short list in order of acquisition: C.V Heljestrand 4/8 (Missing), T.I. AOS 5/8 , Dovo 6/8, Boker SS 6/8, Wade & Butcher 5/8 hollow, Henckels 146 5/8, T.I. Spartacus 6/8, Gold Bug 5/8, Ralf Aust 5/8, C-Mon Blackie 5/8, Henckels 472 6/8, Wade & Butcher Wedge 7/8, Ralf Aust 6/8, Fredericks Celebrated 13/16, *Dovo 5/8 (cuz I won it)
Honorable mention: Merkur 32c and Progress for when I absolutely need to get out the door yesterday.
Haven't been buying razors much lately Ive been buying Pipes but razors are still on my mind just temporarily under control. Ive been getting great shaves with what I got so anything I get from now on has to really catch my eye.
I really have no idea. It's somewhere in the range of 30 to 40 boxes plus some tool chests.
I must confess, I have no clue anymore.
What I do know though is that my collection is slowly shrinking.
Over the last couple of years I've given more away than I have bought.
Still a few left though, so no worries.
I'm not gonna grow a beard out of lack of razors:)
Enough to last several generations...
Just doubled my straight razor collection. :rock:
I want way less than I actually have, but the getting-rid part simply doesn't seem to happen. :ziplip:
On the positive side, it must be something of a full year since I last purchased a razor.
Some require some ... work
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kX...=w1395-h940-no
So one then:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Grazor
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Originally Posted by edhewitt
Oh, yeah, that was supposed to be the theory!
One isn't going to work with 6 grandsons already who can't even share a sand pit. No, I need at least 100 at any one time,,, that's what I tell the wife anyway...Quote:
Originally Posted by edhewitt
That would bankrupt me ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Thug
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I have going around 140 razors, 105 of them were in a lot but majority them were purchased with the intent of me restoring and reselling them... Personal razors I currently have 3 and the ones i keep are customs. My favorite thus far is a 7/8 smiling full hollow in purple scales from Victor aka bluesman7... But as I'm going though these vintage razors I'm catching myself having a hard time letting some go lol.. So I'm certain the number of personal razors will increase over the next couple months... I actually made a thread about the 105 razors below if your interested, there is a sub topic about my workspace so sorry it's not only about the razors...
http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...15-razors.html
No. I got one from Jimmy to figure out how they were made, and when I made Ed's I sold mine for about what I had in it. I am past the stage where I want to keep anything. The 2 I want to keep, I keep for sentimental reasons. I got into making razors because of the thought I could make the razors I really wanted. And now that I can, I never keep anything either because I know I can always make another one if I wanted one for myself. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by hoglahoo
I own 7 vintage SR that shave as well today as they did many, many years ago. I have 3 Merkur DE's and one Gilette DE.
I am just borrowing then for the next generation
I only have 3 srraights, 1 shavette, and 2 safety razors. It seems that it just keeps growing a ltitle at a time.
